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“Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya

Posted in Fiction, Magical Realism, tagged , , , , on October 12, 2011 | 5 Comments »

“Bless Me, Ultima” is considered to be one of the most important pieces of Chicano literature.  Set in the 1940s, it tells the coming of age story of a young boy named Antonio as he struggles to find his place in the world and develop his own beliefs. As a child, Antonio feels pressure to [...]

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“Island Beneath the Sea” by Isabel Allende

Posted in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, tagged , , , , on September 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »

In “Island Beneath the Sea,” Chilean author Isabel Allende deviates from her usual setting of an unnamed South American country.  Instead, the novel takes place primarily in Haiti and New Orleans.  It is a tale of slavery, abuse, love, loss, sorrow, revolution, generation gaps, and incest.  (I definitely wasn’t expecting the incest…) The novel begins [...]

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“The House of the Spirits” by Isabel Allende

Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, tagged , , , , , , , on August 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »

I wasn’t quite sure what genre to categorize this book as, largely because it blends elements of multiple genres into a unique novel.  Is there a line between magical realism and fantasy other than the fact that magical realism tends to be written first in Spanish?  While “The House of Spirits” incorporates elements of magical [...]

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